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    Loitering Senior Member AussieGiant's Avatar
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    Default Re: Whats the largest Pirate Fleet you've every fought.

    In my previous Prussian Campaign the largest naval action I fought was against pirates. The trade area to the North East of the Cape of Good Hope of Madagascar.

    Two full fleets of Galleons captured ships from France, England and the UP.

    My first fleet got totally ruined. It was 7 x 3rd rates and 3 x single deck frigates.

    Absolutely crushed.

    I had to go back with my European Fleet. 4 x 2nd rates and the rest 3rd rates.

    That taught them a lesson, but I had to go back to base for some huge repairs.

    It was great actually.

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    Default Re: Whats the largest Pirate Fleet you've every fought.

    Quote Originally Posted by AussieGiant View Post
    In my previous Prussian Campaign the largest naval action I fought was against pirates. The trade area to the North East of the Cape of Good Hope of Madagascar.

    Two full fleets of Galleons captured ships from France, England and the UP.

    My first fleet got totally ruined. It was 7 x 3rd rates and 3 x single deck frigates.

    Absolutely crushed.

    I had to go back with my European Fleet. 4 x 2nd rates and the rest 3rd rates.

    That taught them a lesson, but I had to go back to base for some huge repairs.

    It was great actually.
    Those enemy galleons can be tough. I once sent six 4th rates against six galleons and they spanked my fleet good. Lost four of my ships and managed to get my other two to retreat home for repairs as they were badly damaged. The enemy only lost one galleon. I've learned to use 3rd rates or better instead and try for a 2-1 superiority against galleons. I still take losses but at least I can win the battle. Galleons can take and dish out some serious damage.

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    Default Re: Whats the largest Pirate Fleet you've every fought.

    The thing thats annoying me at the minute is that the pirates have acquired a fetish for bomb ketches. These things irritate me anyway as they were never used in naval battles, like rocket ships they were used to attack ships and shore batteries in harbours, but nevertheless the way CA have implemented them makes them a damned nuisance and having a fleet with 10 of them supporting pirate galleons makes things really awkward.

    If I can find a way of doing it easily I shall remove these units from the game.
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    Can't remeber all the ship types but the largest pirate fleet has been 4 full stacks. Had to send out 3 separate stacks of high end ships to finish them off, (lost the first two), and the last had to go for repairs once before finally wiping them out. The first two broke up their grouping, then could take them on in a reasonable manner.

    Most fun I've had in naval battles, was certain I was going to wipe them all out no problem everytime so the loss of two stacks came as something of a shock.

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    Default Re: Whats the largest Pirate Fleet you've every fought.

    the key to beating galleons is either:

    A: use highly maneuvarable and small ships that can out-turn them and be missed by most of their guns

    or

    B: use 2nd rates or higher


    when you see your 3 2nd rates destroy several galleons and sloops, you just are so proud of yourself.
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    Default Re: Whats the largest Pirate Fleet you've every fought.

    I am able to answer that in one short word, BIG.

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